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Linking Sea Ice Melt, Water-Column Structure, And Particle Distributions In The Weddell Sea, Daniel England Aug 2026

Linking Sea Ice Melt, Water-Column Structure, And Particle Distributions In The Weddell Sea, Daniel England

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Sea-ice melt strongly influences the coastal waters of Antarctica by lowering surface salinity, reducing vertical mixing, and changing MLD (mixed layer depth). These changes can affect phytoplankton biomass, particle formation, and carbon export. This poster examines how meltwater, and mixed layer depth relate to fluorescence, particle abundance, and particle biovolume in the Weddell Sea region of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) casts from the Polar Rapid cruise were used to analyze temperature, salinity, density, and fluorescence across multiple transects, and stations. Salinity was used to estimate meltwater percent in the water column, while density and temperature were used to …

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The Invisible Threat: Traditional Culture-Based Monitoring Misses The Vbnc State, Sarah Fee Aug 2026

The Invisible Threat: Traditional Culture-Based Monitoring Misses The Vbnc State, Sarah Fee

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

All living organisms share a fundamental biological drive to survive through adaptation. In drinking water systems, pathogens like E. coli utilize survival mechanisms to withstand the chemical disinfectants designed to eliminate them. While treatment with free chlorine or monochloramine successfully stops bacteria from multiplying into colonies, many cells respond to this oxidative stress by shifting into a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. In this state, bacteria remain physically intact and potentially virulent but fail to grow on standard agar plates, effectively “disappearing” from the conventional monitoring used to verify water safety. This investigation resolves this monitoring blind spot by utilizing …

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Temporal Graph Networks With Dynamic Mode Decomposition For Iomt Threat And Risk Detection, Thinh Pham Aug 2026

Temporal Graph Networks With Dynamic Mode Decomposition For Iomt Threat And Risk Detection, Thinh Pham

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

The growing use of interconnected medical devices expands the attack surface of healthcare networks and creates the possibility that a compromise affecting one device, gateway, or communication channel may propagate through connected systems, producing cascading operational and patient-safety consequences. This research investigates whether temporal graph learning can improve intrusion detection and dynamic cyber-risk assessment in Internet of Medical Things networks. A Temporal Graph Network represents network flows as time-ordered interactions between communicating devices, uses each interaction to update their evolving behavioral profiles. The model jointly supports attack-type classification, anomaly detection, and dynamic risk scoring. The design also explores Dynamic Mode …

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Digitizing An Assessment Protocol To Screen Bilingual Children For Developmental Language Disorder Risk, Ava De La Cruz, Anna Soares M.S., M. Adelaida Restrepo Phd Aug 2026

Digitizing An Assessment Protocol To Screen Bilingual Children For Developmental Language Disorder Risk, Ava De La Cruz, Anna Soares M.S., M. Adelaida Restrepo Phd

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

By integrating technology into assessment protocols, administration becomes more streamlined and scores become quicker to calculate. It opens doors for portable evaluations and data, efficient result analysis, and easily searchable records. To take advantage of these benefits, this project developed a digital version of the form used in the Spanish Screener for Language Impairment in Children (SSLIC). SSLIC screens Spanish-English bilingual children for the risk of DLD, utilizing subtests focused on morphology, sentence repetition, and other language-specific measures. Through the survey and database management tool REDCap, each section of SSLIC’s protocol was converted into a digital survey for researchers to …

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In Vitro Evaluation Of A 405-Nm Blue-Light–Emitting Antimicrobial Bandage Using Micrococcus Luteus, Daniel W. Wallace, Joseph M. Busher Aug 2026

In Vitro Evaluation Of A 405-Nm Blue-Light–Emitting Antimicrobial Bandage Using Micrococcus Luteus, Daniel W. Wallace, Joseph M. Busher

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Postoperative wound infections remain a major clinical challenge, worsened by rising antibiotic resistance and passive dressings that fail to reduce bacterial growth. Antimicrobial blue light near 405 nanometers shows broad-spectrum bactericidal activity, yet most prior approaches use short, high-intensity illumination from stationary sources rather than continuous, wearable delivery. This study evaluates a wearable 405-nanometer blue-light bandage designed for continuous, low-intensity exposure suited to prolonged wound-adjacent use. Antimicrobial performance was assessed in vitro using Micrococcus luteus, a safe model organism, comparing continuous exposure to matched dark controls. Exposure produced a pronounced, time-dependent reduction in bacterial viability, with near-complete suppression of detectable …

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Chemical Effects Of Microplastics On Photochemistry In A Coral-Associated Zooxanthella, Meghan A. Hennings, Matz Indergard, John E. Parkinson Aug 2026

Chemical Effects Of Microplastics On Photochemistry In A Coral-Associated Zooxanthella, Meghan A. Hennings, Matz Indergard, John E. Parkinson

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Coral bleaching is the process by which corals lose their symbiotic microalgae in response to stressful conditions. These photosymbionts, known as zooxanthellae, give corals their color and sustain host growth through mutualistic nutritional exchange. Bleaching events are becoming more common and severe, driving research into coral conservation and the resilience of each partner in the symbiosis. Yet it is unknown how certain pollutants, such as microplastics, may affect bleaching outcomes. Previous research in our laboratory has demonstrated that the presence of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics inhibits bleaching recovery in sea anemones (a coral model), but it remains unclear whether the …

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Alterations In Intracellular Pathways By Structured Acoustics Across Mammalian Model Systems, Mary B. Holahan, A'Niya Jackson, Jose Rumbaut-Clark, Elaina Schuler, Arnav Chavda, Thanh Mai Nguyen, Junaina Nazneen, Ana Beatriz-Melgar, Sarah Hedenstad, Emily Hernandez Aug 2026

Alterations In Intracellular Pathways By Structured Acoustics Across Mammalian Model Systems, Mary B. Holahan, A'Niya Jackson, Jose Rumbaut-Clark, Elaina Schuler, Arnav Chavda, Thanh Mai Nguyen, Junaina Nazneen, Ana Beatriz-Melgar, Sarah Hedenstad, Emily Hernandez

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Music can be defined as structured sound that serves as a “universal language” capable of influencing emotion, cognition, and social connectivity in humans. Its formal application into the medical profession began in the 20th century, following World War I and II.  Human subject research involving music therapy has since reported a myriad of health benefits such as those on emotional (e.g., anxiety, depression, and stress), neurological (e.g., cognitive impairment, sleep issues, and dementia), and physical well-being (e.g., pain, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia). However, the impact of such structured acoustics on biological processes at the cellular and molecular level remains unclear. Towards …

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Photophysical Study Of A Cyclopropenium Azobenzene-Based Photoswitch, Amya Culbreath, Gabriella Oliver, Chavdar Slavov Aug 2026

Photophysical Study Of A Cyclopropenium Azobenzene-Based Photoswitch, Amya Culbreath, Gabriella Oliver, Chavdar Slavov

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Ionic liquids are salts that exist as liquids at or near room temperature and are of interest because their structures can be tuned to control properties such as viscosity, polarity, solvation environment, and molecular organization. Incorporating photoswitches into ionic liquids offers a strategy for introducing light-responsive behavior, where reversible structural changes can be used to dynamically modulate liquid structure and function. Here, we present the synthesis of a photoswitchable ionic liquid and investigate its dynamic properties using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. Our results provide insight into how molecular photoswitching influences ionic liquid structure and dynamics, guiding the development of ionic …

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Ladbench: A Benchmark For Logical Fault Detection In Images, Sahasra Kondapalli, Lara Radovanovic, Mingyang Mao, Aadi Palnitkar Aug 2026

Ladbench: A Benchmark For Logical Fault Detection In Images, Sahasra Kondapalli, Lara Radovanovic, Mingyang Mao, Aadi Palnitkar

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Large Vision Language Models (VLMs) excel at visual question answering and semantic grounding, but their capacity for autonomous logical reasoning remains underexplored. Existing anomaly benchmarks emphasize visual errors or direct prompting rather than the physical and social common sense needed for open-world deployment. To address this, we introduce LAD-bench, a benchmark of more than 1,000 curated synthetic images with logical anomalies across four domains: Residential, Urban, Collaborative, and Nature. We further propose a Tiered Prompting Protocol based on progressive disclosure, which measures how much explicit assistance a model needs to localize and reason about a logical fault. Evaluating leading foundation …

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Llm-Assisted Detection And Repair Of Hardware Security Vulnerabilities In Verilog Designs, Ethen Santana, Gabriel Gyaase Aug 2026

Llm-Assisted Detection And Repair Of Hardware Security Vulnerabilities In Verilog Designs, Ethen Santana, Gabriel Gyaase

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Hardware designs, like software, are susceptible to bugs that can introduce security vulnerabilities and create opportunities for malicious exploitation. Unlike software vulnerabilities, however, hardware flaws become permanently embedded in silicon after fabrication, making them difficult or impossible to patch. Many of these weaknesses are categorized under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) framework and include improper access control, exposure of sensitive information, and unintended privilege escalation. To improve the detection of such vulnerabilities, we propose a methodology that leverages a Large Language Model (LLM) to identify potential hardware CWEs directly from hardware designs in Verilog. The proposed approach is evaluated iteratively …

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Smartphone-Based Profiling Of Industrial Control Systems Using Magnetic Side Channels, Michelle Mcaveety, Rylan Pietras, Robert Karam Aug 2026

Smartphone-Based Profiling Of Industrial Control Systems Using Magnetic Side Channels, Michelle Mcaveety, Rylan Pietras, Robert Karam

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have increasingly been subject to malicious cyber attacks, thus threatening the operational safety, stability, and reliability of critical infrastructure. While existing research has utilized electromagnetic, timing, and audiovisual side channels for ICS attacks, the offensive utility of magnetic side channels in these environments has yet to be explored. Utilizing the magnetometers present in modern-day smartphones, the magnetic fields produced by the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Human-Machine Interface (HMI), Linear Actuator Controller, and AC-to-DC Power Converter are recorded. Magnetic field data then undergoes signal processing coupled with machine learning classification on extracted feature vectors to determine the …

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Side-Channel Protection Through Threshold Implementation: A Case Study Of Poseidon, Siddhartha Tamma, Madison Daniella Eissayou Aug 2026

Side-Channel Protection Through Threshold Implementation: A Case Study Of Poseidon, Siddhartha Tamma, Madison Daniella Eissayou

OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

As systems grow complex, side-channel attacks pose severe threats by exploiting physical leakage, including power consumption, timing variations, and electromagnetic emissions, to infer sensitive data. To counter this, threshold implementations mask sensitive data by splitting it into randomized shares and performing intermediate computations so that no individual share reveals meaningful information. We aim to achieve a side-channel resistant architecture that eliminates statistical leakage across millions of evaluation traces. To minimize hardware overhead on the FPGA, we can time-multiplex a single protected S-box core across the cipher’s partial rounds. By decomposing the non-linear x^5 operation into cascading steps, we also aim …

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On Shrinkage Estimators For Pareto Ii Parameters For Right Censored Type Ii Data, Jubran Abdulameer Labban, Hadeel Alkutubi Aug 2026

On Shrinkage Estimators For Pareto Ii Parameters For Right Censored Type Ii Data, Jubran Abdulameer Labban, Hadeel Alkutubi

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

The aim of this study is to estimate the first two shrinkage estimators for the parameters of the Pareto II distribution with right-censored Type II data. The methods we used in this study are: maximum likelihood and Bayesian. In the Bayesian method, we use non-informative priority, which is Jeffries priority, and we use the squared error loss function. These estimators were compared through Monte Carlo simulation to indicate preference based on the mean square error criterion.

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Gpu Ray Tracing And Di!Erentiable Multi-Physics Innovations, Xavier Pillet Aug 2026

Gpu Ray Tracing And Di!Erentiable Multi-Physics Innovations, Xavier Pillet

Defensive Publications Series

This document, produced with the assistance of GPT-5.2 Thinking and Gemini 3 Reasoning, is released under the Apache License 2.0. It is a voluntary defensive publication (prior art) and therefore enters the prior art upon release under the applicable patent statutes : EPC Art. 54(2) (European Patent Convention), French IPC Art. L 611-11 (French Intellectual Property Code), 35 U.S.C. §102(a) (United States Patent Act), Chinese Patent Law Art. 22(5) (両匡丢氡儡吡嘡丣刡氢), and Japanese Patent Act Art. 29(1) (闘旧避). Description: defensive publication covering enabling inventions around GPU/RT-core ray tracing, differentiable simulation, experimental validation, interoperability (standards), operational security, sustainability, and cross-domain applications (RF/LiDAR/IR/acoustics/seismology/climate/nuclear/biophotonics/medical), …

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Resource-Constrained Multiprocessing Packet Pipeline With Shared Configurable Elements, N/A, N/A Aug 2026

Resource-Constrained Multiprocessing Packet Pipeline With Shared Configurable Elements, N/A, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A subsystem for network packet processing uses a pool of shared, configurable processing resources. The architecture includes these shared processing elements, a centralized event processing engine, and a partitionable shared memory. The event processing engine accumulates events from the packet pipeline and forwards them as tasks to the processing elements. These elements, which may be implemented as microcode sequencers, execute writable microcode firmware to perform logical and arithmetic operations and handle interrupts independently of a central processing unit. The processing elements access the shared memory to exchange state and packet data between processing stages. This approach improves resource utilization and …

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Method And Apparatus For Reducing Semiconductor Package Warpage During Reflow, N/A, N/A Aug 2026

Method And Apparatus For Reducing Semiconductor Package Warpage During Reflow, N/A, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The technology generally relates to controlling package warpage during reflow soldering using a temporary support structure. The structure, composed of a glass carrier and a high-coefficient of thermal expansion balance film, is applied to the top surface of a package substrate before the reflow process. As temperature increases during reflow, the high-coefficient of thermal expansion balance film expands or shrinks, inducing a controlled downward deformation that acts as a counter-stress. This action balances the internal stresses that cause package warpage, maintaining a flat profile throughout the reflow cycle. The flat package profile facilitates accurate alignment and bonding of its ball …

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Automated Clock Domain Crossing Maximum Delay Constraint Application Using Intermediate Anchor Gates, N/A, N/A Aug 2026

Automated Clock Domain Crossing Maximum Delay Constraint Application Using Intermediate Anchor Gates, N/A, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The technology manages clock domain crossing paths by applying a maximum delay constraint to a designated intermediate anchor gate instead of the final destination flip-flop. The register-transfer level configuration instantiates a specific logic gate, such as a MASK AND gate, as this anchor point and assigns it a standardized name. During compilation, a software script automatically discovers these anchors by name and applies a localized, point-to-point delay constraint directly to the pins of the anchors. This pin-to-pin anchoring decouples the timing constraint from the final sampling logic. This approach results in greater placement flexibility for the destination logic across the …

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Neuromorphic Soft Swarm Robotics, Xavier Pillet Aug 2026

Neuromorphic Soft Swarm Robotics, Xavier Pillet

Defensive Publications Series

This document, produced with the assistance of GPT-5.2 Thinking and Gemini 3 Reasoning, is released under the Apache License 2.0. It is a voluntary defensive publication (prior art) and therefore enters the prior art upon release under the applicable patent statutes : EPC Art. 54(2) (European Patent Convention), French IPC Art. L 611-11 (French Intellectual Property Code), 35 U.S.C. §102(a) (United States Patent Act), Chinese Patent Law Art. 22(5) (両匡丢氡儡吡嘡丣刡氢), and Japanese Patent Act Art. 29(1) (闘旧避). It discloses enabling systems and methods combining soft actuation (HASEL/EAP), event-based vision (DVS), neuromorphic computing (SNN), and swarm intelligence, covering devices/sensors, closed-loop control, …

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Memory-Based Lock-Free Inter-Process Communication, Vlad Popa, Andy Hung, Atneya Nair, Mikhail Naganov, Shunkai Yao, Eric Laurent, Jean-Michel Trivi Aug 2026

Memory-Based Lock-Free Inter-Process Communication, Vlad Popa, Andy Hung, Atneya Nair, Mikhail Naganov, Shunkai Yao, Eric Laurent, Jean-Michel Trivi

Defensive Publications Series

A lock-free inter-process communication (IPC) system can utilize shared memory to broadcast system events from a single writer process to multiple reader processes. The system employs a shared memory circular queue and an atomic sequence counter that increments before and after write operations, allowing readers to determine if an active write is occurring. By calculating an active queue index using the sequence counter, reader processes can safely access previously committed historical state data without blocking or busy-waiting. This non-blocking architecture prevents IPC message queue overflows for frozen or suspended background applications, eliminates priority inversion, and avoids the thundering herd problem …

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Adaptive Control Of A Media Environment Using Synchronized Physiological Data, Rohit Jain Aug 2026

Adaptive Control Of A Media Environment Using Synchronized Physiological Data, Rohit Jain

Defensive Publications Series

Media environments can operate without awareness of a user's physiological state, and some integration methods may be limited by factors such as high-latency cloud processing or simplistic control actions. A system is described that can establish a low-latency communication channel between one or more wearable devices, such as a smart watch or fitness tracker, and a media playback system, for example, a smart television or streaming device. With appropriate user consent, physiological data, such as heart rate variability and electrodermal activity, can be transmitted from the wearable device and processed locally on the media system. Based on this real-time analysis, …

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Context-Aware Personalization, Kate Strudwick, Zoe Schladow Aug 2026

Context-Aware Personalization, Kate Strudwick, Zoe Schladow

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes an automated process for transparent algorithmic profiling and data shaping that allows an individual to actively curate environmental and physiological data to dynamically guide and personalize machine learning models. By moving beyond rigid history logs or binary input structures, the techniques of the disclosure enable a traceable, user-directed taste profile that maps real-world context onto digital preferences and actively seeds future recommendation behaviors to counteract algorithmic flattening. The disclosed system helps Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, including foundation models, generative AI models, and/or large language models (LLMs), capture and interpret multifaceted human data streams to accurately personalize user …

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Weibull-Aft And Random Forest Hybrid Modeling Of Diesel Generators In Burkina Faso, Zoewendbem Alain Ilboudo, Frédéric Bationo Aug 2026

Weibull-Aft And Random Forest Hybrid Modeling Of Diesel Generators In Burkina Faso, Zoewendbem Alain Ilboudo, Frédéric Bationo

Engineering and Technology Journal

Diesel thermal power plants are an essential link to ensure energy security in the countries of the Sahel, despite the development of renewable energies. In Burkina Faso, these plants contribute greatly to electricity production. However, their operation is influenced by a particularly restrictive environment characterized by ambient temperatures up to 49 °C, humidity variability greater than 70% and high exposure to dust. These conditions accelerate equipment degradation, reduce reliability and increase unexpected failures. This study proposes a contextualized predictive maintenance tool. Indeed, it is based on a Contextualized Global Risk Index (GPRI) combining a climate risk indicator, a probability of …

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System-Level Generation Of Dynamic Information Overlays For Media Content, Harsh Rajotiya, Dev Daftari Aug 2026

System-Level Generation Of Dynamic Information Overlays For Media Content, Harsh Rajotiya, Dev Daftari

Defensive Publications Series

Accessing supplemental information while viewing digital media may involve disengaging from the primary content to use separate applications or devices. This document describes a system level framework for generating dynamic informational overlays that can operate independently of specific media applications. The system may utilize a generative artificial intelligence model to interpret user queries, such as voice commands, and orchestrate the retrieval of data from multiple sources. The model can then dynamically design and specify a custom graphical user interface element, such as a chart or table, which can be rendered as an overlay on a main viewing screen (e.g., a …

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Evidence-Based Guidance System For Data Science Teams Using Generative Ai Under Uncertainty, Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij Aug 2026

Evidence-Based Guidance System For Data Science Teams Using Generative Ai Under Uncertainty, Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij

Defensive Publications Series

A method for implementing evidence-based guidance for a data science team using generative artificial intelligence under uncertainty is provided. The method includes reviewing existing evidence on generative AI in knowledge work, including empirical literature on productivity effects, cognition and skill formation, and human factors research on automation complacency and cognitive offloading. The method includes evaluating the existing evidence across parallel considerations and deriving a plurality of principles from the existing evidence. The principles include an accountability principle stating that accountability for work cannot be self-certified, an aggregation principle directing to read more but not think less, a writing reservation principle …

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Generative Synthesis Of Context-Aware Media Recaps And Alternative Narratives, Dev Daftari, Akash Verma Aug 2026

Generative Synthesis Of Context-Aware Media Recaps And Alternative Narratives, Dev Daftari, Akash Verma

Defensive Publications Series

Systems and methods can use generative artificial intelligence to synthesize personalized media content. For example, when a user returns to a series, a system can generate a dynamic recap designed to be spoiler-free based on a user's last-viewed point, for instance, by retrieving relevant plot information from a media knowledge graph. The technology could also generate alternative narrative scenes based on user prompts, for example, by using system guardrails to promote stylistic consistency with the source material. These techniques may provide personalized user interactions, potentially improving viewer re-engagement with serialized content and extending interaction with media franchises within a media …

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Dynamically Generating Immersive Environments For Extended Reality From 2d Media, Dev Daftari, Akash Verma Aug 2026

Dynamically Generating Immersive Environments For Extended Reality From 2d Media, Dev Daftari, Akash Verma

Defensive Publications Series

Watching two-dimensional (2D) media in extended reality can involve static virtual environments that may not be contextually linked to the content being viewed, which can reduce immersion. Systems and techniques are described for dynamically generating a 360-degree virtual environment from a 2D media stream. A system may analyze a buffer of video frames using computer vision methods to extract scene context, including three-dimensional geometry and lighting information. This extracted data can then be used as a seed for a generative artificial intelligence model to perform spatial outpainting, extending the original 2D scene into a volumetric environment. This process can transform …

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Visual Indicators For Voice Access Application Windows And User Interface Components, Katherine Nelle Dektar, Mariah Sigourney Moon, Qian Yan Aug 2026

Visual Indicators For Voice Access Application Windows And User Interface Components, Katherine Nelle Dektar, Mariah Sigourney Moon, Qian Yan

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a new accessibility feature for devices like smartphones, tablets, and computers that makes hands-free navigation and voice control much easier to use. When a person uses spoken audio input or speech commands to operate their device while multiple windows are open, it can be confusing to know exactly which app or screen they are controlling. To solve this, the device automatically figures out which application windows are unoccluded by other application windows on the screen and draws a bright, colorful border (like an accessibility focus ring) around them. This primary visual indicator shows the user exactly where …

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Iva‑Ecs‑Plus Max Exhaust Polishing & Conditioning Module, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr. Aug 2026

Iva‑Ecs‑Plus Max Exhaust Polishing & Conditioning Module, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The IVA‑ECS‑PLUS MAX is an open‑hardware, bolt‑on exhaust‑polishing module designed to attach directly to the outlet of existing industrial pollution‑control systems—including baghouses, ESPs, cyclones, wet scrubbers, and marine exhaust scrubbers—to provide additional particulate reduction beyond what primary systems achieve. The system integrates a multi‑stage architecture consisting of a J‑groove pre‑swirl intake, dual‑band acoustic agglomeration chamber, CFD‑optimized vortex core with adjustable cone, high‑coverage wet scrubber array, multi‑stage demister (vane pack + mesh pad), and an optional polishing stage using either a mini‑electrostatic precipitator or ceramic microfilter. This combined sequence targets ultra‑fine particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM0.1), aerosols, droplets, and haze‑forming micro‑pollutants …

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System For Mitigating Electronic Pickpocketing In Contactless Payment Cards, Mahendra Yadav Aug 2026

System For Mitigating Electronic Pickpocketing In Contactless Payment Cards, Mahendra Yadav

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides hardware solutions for mitigating electronic pickpocketing in contactless payment cards. A smartcard includes an antenna shorting circuit placed across antenna terminals and driven by OR control logic so any proximity or pocket sensor can automatically short the antenna loop, and a series antenna clipping switch placed in the antenna feed and gated by AND control logic requiring deliberate dual pad touch to enable contactless operation. The designs use ultra-low-power capacitive touch sensors, RF-grade semiconductor switches or bilateral analog switches, and CMOS logic to preserve card form factor and contact functionality. The designs prioritize passive or energy …

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Feasibility Study And Market Analysis – Innovations For Compact Fusion Reactors (Arc, Sparc, St-E1), Xavier Pillet Aug 2026

Feasibility Study And Market Analysis – Innovations For Compact Fusion Reactors (Arc, Sparc, St-E1), Xavier Pillet

Defensive Publications Series

This document, produced with the assistance of GPT-5.2 Thinking and Gemini 3 Reasoning, is released under the Apache License 2.0. It is a voluntary defensive publication (prior art) and therefore enters the prior art upon release under the applicable patent statutes : EPC Art. 54(2) (European Patent Convention), French IPC Art. L 611-11 (French Intellectual Property Code), 35 U.S.C. §102(a) (United States Patent Act), Chinese Patent Law Art. 22(5) (両匡丢氡儡吡嘡丣刡氢), and Japanese Patent Act Art. 29(1) (闘旧避). It covers four compact-fusion bottlenecks (vapor-shielding thermal protection, active control of HTS REBCO magnets, irradiation-driven self-healing structural materials, and chiral tritium-breeding blankets) and …

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